make up one's mind
Example Sentences
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You may see a failure to make up one's mind between two clearly differentiated candidates as an act of ignorance or dishonesty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dubious.—As you say, it is difficult to make up one's mind where to spend the holidays, because there are so many places from which to choose.
From Mr. Punch On Tour by Various
I feel that I ought to have done so, long ago; but you know, one can't always make up one's mind to be quite frank, and tell a painful story.
From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
But to make up one's mind to do a thing, and to carry out one's good intentions are two very different matters.
From The Girl from Arizona by Rhoades, Nina
It may be difficult to do this, but one must make up one's mind to it, like the invalid who is ready to lose a limb in order to save his life.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
